Re: [ubuntu-uk] Squid proxy box with serious IPv6 DNS problem...

2009-03-29 Thread LeeGroups
> OK, well I am pretty much out of ideas. You could try plugging it into a > hub (not a switch, just a cheap nasty hub) and using another computer on > the hub running wireshark to figure out at the packet level what sort of > DNS queries it is doing. It may come to that yet... but in the mean

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Hello

2009-03-29 Thread Dean Sas
On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 17:11, Barry Titterton wrote: > Does anyone know of a LUG that meets on a regular basis near Derbyshire? I > have tried the LUG UK website but have not had any response. I would like to > meet some fellow users face-to-face to get some inspiration from how other > people

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Hello

2009-03-29 Thread Rob Beard
Barry Titterton wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I'm a brand new Ubuntu user who lives in Belper in Derbyshire. I have only > been using Linux for a few weeks and am still rather lacking in confidence > with the system, particularly the terminal window, as I have spent all of my > computer using life i

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Realtek 8187b Wireless VERY VERY slow

2009-03-29 Thread Neil Greenwood
2009/3/28 Gordon : > Matthew Daubney wrote: >> On Sat, 2009-03-28 at 08:10 +, Gordon wrote: >>> Installed 8.10 using WUBI on my Toshiba Satellite L40. >>> Realtek 8187B Wireless card will see the network and connect to it, but >>> is so slow as to be unusable. >>> Are there any "fixes" that peo

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Hello

2009-03-29 Thread Simon Wears
You may want to try the Ubuntu Pocket Guide if your new to Linux, at www.UbuntuPocketGuide.com I believe, as a free PDF download. Simon Wears munkyju...@gmail.com http://MunkyJunky.com | http://Twitter.com/MunkyJunky MunkyJunky on irc.freenode.net On 29 Mar 2009, at 17:24, Harry Rickards wro

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Hello

2009-03-29 Thread Harry Rickards
Quoting Barry Titterton : ... > Does anyone know of a LUG that meets on a regular basis near > Derbyshire? I have tried the LUG UK website but have not had any > response. I would like to meet some fellow users face-to-face to get > some inspiration from how other people are using their sys

[ubuntu-uk] Hello

2009-03-29 Thread Barry Titterton
Hi everyone, I'm a brand new Ubuntu user who lives in Belper in Derbyshire. I have only been using Linux for a few weeks and am still rather lacking in confidence with the system, particularly the terminal window, as I have spent all of my computer using life in a battle with MS of various for